Agenda

AGENDA
Coming Soon
8:15 am – Breakfast Networking
sponsored by Apex Logistics
9:00 am – Welcome
Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
9:15 am – Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategy
Ronnie Robinson, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Designer Brands
Jim Salzano, President & CEO, Jones & Vining
Jung Yoon, SVP Accessories & Footwear Production/Sourcing, Michael Kors
moderated by Dan Friedman, Chief Sourcing and Supply Chain Officer, Caleres
9:45 am – Re-thinking and Re-shoring Shoe Manufacturing
Nicoline van Enter, Founder & CEO, Footwearology
Patrick Silva Szatkowski, Director of Marketing, Santoni SPA
10:30 am – Networking Break
sponsored by Super Dry
11:00 am – Geopolitical Conflict Considerations
Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow, expert on US-Asia strategy and alliance dynamics, American Enterprise Institute, and Professor, Princeton University
11:30 am – AI Sourcing Case Study
Pete Mento, Commercial Director Customs and International Trade, DSV - Global Transport and Logistics
12:00 pm – Levers and Data for Best-in-Class Sourcing
Bishu Jayaram, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Wolverine Worldwide
12:30 pm – Lunch and Trading Floor Tours
sponsored by Jones & Vining
1:45 pm – New Sourcing Epoch in India
Neeraj Narayan, Co-Founder, Synergy India Ventures
2:15 pm – Quality Control and Packaging Unpacking
Scott Carlson, International Sales Executive, Trillora Packaging Solutions
Mike Hanrahan, Senior Vice President, Superdry
moderated by Andy Polk, Senior Vice President, FDRA
2:35 pm – Scoring Your Shoe Supply Chain Traceability
Andy Polk, Senior Vice President, FDRA
2:45 pm – Trade, Ports, and Compliance Breakdown
Matt Nakari, Sales Director, North America West, Centric Software
Mike Piza, SVP, Corporate Business Development, Apex Logistics
Nicole Porpiglia, Senior Manager in the Trade & Customs Practice, KPMG
Roger Wu, Director of Business Development, Port of Long Beach
moderated by Thomas Crockett, Vice President, Government Affairs, FDRA
3:15 pm – Closing and Adjournment
Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
Thank you to our 2025 Summit Sponsors

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© 2025 FDRA

Coming Soon

8:15 am – Breakfast Networking

sponsored by Apex Logistics

9:00 am – Welcome

9:15 am – Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategy

9:45 am – Re-thinking and Re-shoring Shoe Manufacturing

10:30 am – Networking Break

11:00 am – Geopolitical Conflict Considerations

11:30 am – AI Sourcing Case Study

12:00 pm – Levers and Data for Best-in-Class Sourcing

12:30 pm – Lunch and Trading Floor Tours

sponsored by Jones & Vining

1:45 pm – New Sourcing Epoch in India

2:15 pm – Quality Control and Packaging Unpacking

2:35 pm – Scoring Your Shoe Supply Chain Traceability

2:45 pm – Trade, Ports, and Compliance Breakdown

3:15 pm – Closing and Adjournment

Thank you to our 2025 Summit Sponsors